Fundraiser for east London gay bar hs £100,000 target after surge donatns | LGBTQ+ rights | The Guardian

Contents:

• GAYCI LNCH RELIEF FUND FOR LGBTQ NIGHTLIFE
• DON'T LET THAT RABOW LOGO FOOL YOU: THE 9 CORPORATNS DONATED MILLNS TO ANTI-GAY POLICIANS
• FUNDRAISER FOR EAST LONDON GAY BAR HS £100,000 TARGET AFTER SURGE DONATNS
• ‘THE ARE OUR HOM’: LA GAY BARS FIGHT TO STAY AFLOAT AFTER YEAR OF SHUTDOWN
• LONDON'S LANDMARK BUILDG DOTTED WH STRIP CLUBS, GAY VENU TO TURN TO MOSQUE
• THE BEST MUNICH GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS MUNICH
• BLACK-OWNED GAY BARS ARE DWDLG. CAN THEY SURVIVE COVID?

GAYCI LNCH RELIEF FUND FOR LGBTQ NIGHTLIFE

GayCi, the LGBTQ travel webse, has lnched a new relief fund for LGBTQ rtrants and bars that have stggled to stay afloat durg the COVID-19 panmic. Lnched at the 2021 Queerti, the GayCi’ LGBTQ Nightlife Relief Fund on GoFundMe will distribute $500 matchg grants to qualifyg bs. In the GoFundMe scriptn, GayCi emphasiz the importance of keepg LGBTQ spac open durg COVID.

DON'T LET THAT RABOW LOGO FOOL YOU: THE 9 CORPORATNS DONATED MILLNS TO ANTI-GAY POLICIANS

GayCi go on to strs the value of LGBTQ venu social and polil movements as well, statg how the spac have long been plac where queer people uld safely meet and anize the face of opprsn and discrimatn.

Suici rat are much higher the gay, lbian, bisexual, and transgenr muny than the regular populatn. The owners of the Stonewall Inn New York say they will not serve some beers at the famo LGBTQ+ bar durg Pri weekend – and will ceremonially pour some down a dra – to prott agast manufacturer Anhser-Bch’s polil ntributns to some policians who have supported anti-LGBTQ+ June 1969, at an earlier rnatn of the Stonewall Inn, bar patrons fought wh police who had e to rry out a raid, galvanizg gay rights activism around the US and the year, -owners Stacy Lentz and Kurt Kelly said they would be stutg the ban on Friday support of the “Keep Your Pri” mpaign, a recently lnched effort highlightg five pani says advertise support durg Pri but have also ma ntributns to anti-LGBTQ+ mpaign, a project of Corporate Acuntabily Actn, ed data piled om the Natnal Instute on Money Polics to show that Anhser-Bch ntributed more than $35, 000 to 29 legislators scribed as anti-LGBTQ+ between 2015 and 2020. Advertisement - Contue Readg Below4 The Lbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgenr Communy Center The Lbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgenr Communy CenterWhy you should donate rn: As the largt LGBTQ+ muny center on the East Coast (and the send largt the world!

FUNDRAISER FOR EAST LONDON GAY BAR HS £100,000 TARGET AFTER SURGE DONATNS

) NYC’s Lbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgenr Communy Center serv thoands of people every week. Named after the famed wrer Audre Lor, the center foc on programs like 3rd Space, an important part of the project that helps lbian, gay, bisexual, two-spir, trans, and genr nonnformg people of lor wh tn, employment, and immigratn assistance. Every Pri month, nsumers see their favore brands add rabow strip to their logos, fly flags om their headquarters buildgs and add attractive gay and lbian upl to their ads.

‘THE ARE OUR HOM’: LA GAY BARS FIGHT TO STAY AFLOAT AFTER YEAR OF SHUTDOWN

Of urse, e next week, the lendar will flip to July, and 's buhbye to all the cute gays, sparkly rabows and boldly-lored banners flown by big bs. Ne of the biggt, most LGBTQ-supportive rporatns Ameri gave about $1 ln or more each to anti-gay policians the last electn cycle. All of them voted to nfirm anti-gay members of the Tmp bet, voted to ny healthre to transgenr troops, and wouldn't sponsor or -sponsor any legislatn support of LGBTQ rights.

Those ne rporatns wh perfect x sr which ma donatns to anti-gay policians om 2017 to 2018, are, orr om most to least:.

LONDON'S LANDMARK BUILDG DOTTED WH STRIP CLUBS, GAY VENU TO TURN TO MOSQUE

A fundraiser to replace a famed east London gay bar that was shut down by velopers has h s target of £100, 000 and secured s future wh more than 24 hours to go before s Friends of the Joers Arms (Fotja) mpaign group nfirmed that had pulled off the feat – raisg more than £30, 000 sce the weekend for what would be the UK’s first muny-n LGBTQ+ Roberts, Fotja’s chair, told the BBC: “We’re ecstatic and we n’t wa to see the dream bee a realy. Gay, theater-jazz-pop artist Ian DePrit will headle and host the celebratn.

THE BEST MUNICH GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS MUNICH

S., the Red Cross, along wh One Blood, Valant and partner LGBTQ+ muny health centers, are participatg a pilot study fund by the FDA select ci that uld potentially lead to chang for blood donor eligibily creria for gay and bisexual men. Bar stools propped-up lovers, loners, elrs, and young revolutnari who laid the foundatns of the morn women’s rights, civil rights, and gay rights movements.

Unlike gay clubs built on thumpg club mic and vodka drks, The Back Door hosts more creative and sober-iendly events that range om quiet lorg book nights to anti-racism rav to stunng drag shows a fully accsible space for disabled queers. In the early morng hours of June 28, 1969, police raid a gay bar at the Stonewall Inn New York Cy.

Today, many remember the “Stonewall Rts” as the talyst for the Amerin gay rights movement.

BLACK-OWNED GAY BARS ARE DWDLG. CAN THEY SURVIVE COVID?

Jt one year later 1970, the first gay pri march took place New York, Los Angel, and San Francis, memoratg the uprisg—which is why we celebrate Pri Month June now! PFLAG (Parents, Friends and Fay of Lbians and Gays)Lol Communy LGBTQ+ Nonprofs9. “Found 1973 after the simple act of a mother publicly supportg her gay son, ” PFLAG matas hundreds of chapters across the natn and is the olst anizatn foced on tg and supportg the relatnships between LGBTQ+ people and those they love most.

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CenterLk, to fd lol anizatns wh the CenterLk workPFLAG, to fd their lol chapters (there are lots)’s search tool, to fd lol support for LGBTQ+ youthLearn more about startg an LGBTQ+ support group your munyHigh school stunts, teachers, and admistrators n learn about startg a GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance) at their school Charable shoppg for good. Four inic Los Angel gay bars, toutg a bed history of 130 years, have permanently closed durg the panmic and many more have warned that they are on the brk of as nightlife gradually returns, some of the remag queer bars across southern California have rorted to crowdfundg a last-dch effort to stay afloat, warng that Covid-19 may brg about the end of historic stutns that have weathered the Aids crisis and multiple enomic panmic has permanently closed more than 100, 000 bars and rtrants across the Uned Stat but LA, which has been unr some form of lockdown rtrictns sce last March, the impact on nightclubs has been particularly LGBTQ+ bars shuttered Wt Hollywood last year, cludg Rage, a legendary nightclub that closed after 37 years, and Gold Coast, a 39-year-old dive bar down the street on Santa Moni boulevard. Then January, as LA bee one of the worst Covid hotspots the natn, Oil Can Harry’s, a beloved gay untry bar Stud Cy, said was closg for good after half a century of hostg queer le dancg.